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Doug
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After some brief head scratching I have found the technique for the following workflow conundrum, but I thought it might be interesting to challenge other forum members to see if they can solve the problem below with minimal superfluous keystrokes or mouse clicks. 132 Images 132 unique non numerical descriptive filenames required (currently on a hand written list in the same order as the capture times of the images) The subjects are ribbons and must be named descriptively for Search Engine Optimisation The first 21 images must include '1.5 inch' at the beginning of the name, followed one of 30 or so descriptions eg. 'Briar Rose' or 'Wild Iris' then a price of '$6.50' The next 30 or so must include '1 inch' at the beginning of the name, followed by one of 30 or so descriptions eg. 'Briar Rose' or 'Abalone' then a price of '$4.50' The next 30ish must include '5/8 inch' at the beginning of the name, followed by one of 30 or so descriptions eg. 'Abalone' or 'Tuscan' then a price of '$3.50' The last 30ish must include '7/16 inch' at the beginning of the name, followed by one of 30 or so descriptions eg. 'Midas Touch' or 'Wild Iris' then a price of '$2.50' All 132 must include the text 'Hanah Hand Dyed Silk Ribbon' after the size and before the price (it doesn't matter if it precedes or follows the description) Ribbon descriptions do not necessarily apply to all sizes and are not in any particular order other than the fact that the images have been grouped by the 4 sizes BTW I will use '-' instead of '/' in the fractions So what software and techniques can you suggest? |
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Gilbert Sandberg
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Doug, Please note: / and \ are not permitted in some file systems. and do pay heed to the max. length of filenames. Have you investigated View-NX's file renaming ?, it has options like the ones in Nikon Transfer. Most options appear after selecting more than one file in ViewNX. The prefix-suffix and numbering are possible. Why not solve the varying middle bits by using captions? regards, Gilbert |
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jk
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On Mac I have found that the use of A Better Finder Rename app is very good and on Windows PC there is a utility called Renamer or something like that that is equally good. |
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Doug
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jk wrote:On Mac I have found that the use of A Better Finder Rename app is very good and on Windows PC there is a utility called Renamer or something like that that is equally good. I discovered ABFR back in 1999. Would it allow a prefix and suffix to be set while stepping through each file one at a time in capture order offering an empty text field before proceeding to the next file ie. type the unique bit for file one press enter type the unique bit for file two press enter type the unique bit for file three and so on? |
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Doug
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BTW I've already solved the problem using a single key press to step from one image to the next filled by some minor batch tweaking After a few more responses I might tell tell you what software and technique I used |
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jk
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Vi |
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Doug
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jk wrote:Vi? |
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jk
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Give us an example of the change e.g Start to finish _DSC00023.NEF ==> Dougs_Special_D10000_0023.NEF |
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Doug
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$2.50, 7-16", Hanah Hand Dyed Silk Ribbon_Forest Shadows.JPG $2.50, 7-16", Hanah Hand Dyed Silk Ribbon_Golden Maple.JPG $3.50, 5-8", Hanah Hand Dyed Silk Ribbon_Fallen Leaves.JPG $3.50, 5-8", Hanah Hand Dyed Silk Ribbon_Flamingo Glace.JPG $3.50, 5-8", Hanah Hand Dyed Silk Ribbon_Forest Shadows.JPG |
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